JP2002312498A - Examination processing system and certification terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an examination processing system allowing transmission/ reception of secret information for examinees issued by persons different from the examinees. SOLUTION: According to application treatment from an examinee terminal 10 to a university terminal 50 (1) and application report to a high school terminal 40 (2), examinee data is transmitted from the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50 to a certification center terminal 20 (4), (3). If two transmitted examinee data are judged to be given by the same examinee, the certification center terminal 20 transmits an application certificate number to both of them (5). When investigation report data requested to be transmitted from the university terminal 50 (6) is received from the high school terminal 40 (7), the certification center terminal 20 transmits the investigation report data to the university terminal 50 only if the application certificate number transmitted on request from the university terminal 50 corresponds to the application certificate number attached to the investigation report data from the high school terminal 40 (8).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an examination business processing system and an authentication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving examination documents such as a qualification examination and a university entrance examination to a required place via a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A business processing system related to an entrance examination which is of interest to the present invention is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-8-212263. According to the publication, there is disclosed a system in which an examination application is electronically applied from a plurality of terminals via a network, and when a financial institution confirms payment of a document fee, an examination ticket including a face photograph is created.

[0003]

However, in the conventional examination business processing system, information that should be sent to the examination school, such as a survey document that proves the grades of the examinee in the high school, Confidential information managed by different institutions (such as high schools), including personal information about test takers, was not supported. Therefore, there is a problem that such information needs to be mailed separately, which is inconvenient.

In recent years, a network has become more familiar to users and the like, and there has been a need for simplifying business processes required for taking an examination through the network. When exchanging confidential information including personal information on a network, there is also a need to reliably specify a source and a destination.

The present invention has been made to address the above-described problems and needs, and has an examination business processing system and an authentication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving confidential information about an examinee issued by a person different from the examinee. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

An examination business processing system according to the present invention comprises an examination school terminal provided at an examination school of an examinee, confidential information about the examination student and to be transmitted to the examination school. Including a confidential information terminal provided in an institution that holds an authentication terminal connected to the exam school terminal and the confidential information terminal via a network, wherein the confidential information terminal is An information transmission unit for transmitting confidential information about an examinee in association with authentication information uniquely determined for the entrance examination of the examinee at the examination school, wherein the examination school terminal transmits the information transmission unit to the authentication terminal. A request transmitting unit that transmits transfer request information for requesting the transfer of confidential information about the examinee transmitted in association with the authentication information, wherein the authentication terminal includes: When receiving the transmission request information, the confidential information of the examinee transmitted from the confidential information terminal, which is associated with the authentication information associated with the received transfer request information, is transmitted to the examination school. An examinee information transmitting unit for transmitting to the terminal is provided.

[0007] Thereby, confidential information about the examinee is transmitted and received between the confidential information terminal and the examination school terminal via the network. The transmission and reception of information between the confidential information terminal and the examination school terminal is based on the authentication given to only the confidential information terminal and the examination school terminal that sent the personal information to the examinee who applied for the examination to the examination school. It is performed on condition that it has information.

[0008] Therefore, in the examination business processing system, confidential information managed by a person (institution) different from the examinee and including personal information of the examinee can be securely specified through the network while securely identifying the receiving source and the transmission destination. Can communicate. That is, the convenience of the examination business processing system can be improved.

In the examination business processing system of the present invention, preferably, the authentication terminal stores transmission information and reception information uniquely defined for each confidential information terminal and each examination school terminal. When the transmission / reception information storage unit and the information transmitted from each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal are attached with the transmission information uniquely determined for each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal. Is a first reception processing unit that receives the transmitted information and invalidates the transmitted information when it is not attached, and information transmitted to each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal Further comprising a receiving information attachment unit for attaching the receiving information uniquely defined for each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal, and wherein the confidential information terminal is versus And a second transmission / reception information storage unit that stores transmission information and reception information uniquely determined by the authentication information terminal, and the reception information uniquely determined for the confidential information terminal in the information transmitted from the authentication terminal. And a second reception processing unit that receives the transmitted information when attached, and invalidates the transmitted information when not attached, and further includes the information transmitting unit. Transmits the information to the authentication terminal by attaching the transmission information uniquely defined to the confidential information terminal including the information transmitting unit, and the examination school terminal A third transmission / reception information storage unit that stores transmission information and reception information uniquely determined for the terminal, and the information uniquely transmitted to the examination school terminal in the information transmitted from the authentication terminal. Attach information is attached A third reception processing unit that receives the transmitted information when it is not attached and invalidates the transmitted information when it is not attached, and further includes the request transmission unit, Attaching the transmission information uniquely determined to the examination school terminal including the request transmission unit, and transmitting the information to the authentication terminal.

In the examination business processing system of the present invention, preferably, the examination school terminal transmits examination student data, which is personal information of the examination student, to the authentication terminal in response to an application for examination from the examination student. A second examinee data transmitting unit, comprising: a first examinee data transmitting unit, wherein the confidential information terminal transmits the examinee raw data to the authentication terminal in response to a report from the examinee of an application for examination at the examination school. Wherein the authentication terminal determines whether or not the test raw data received from the first test raw data transmission unit and the test raw data received from the second test raw data transmission unit are test raw data for the same test student. A judgment unit for judging, and when the judgment unit judges that the data is the student data for the same examinee, the authentication is performed by the examination school terminal and the confidential information terminal. Transmitting the information, and a authentication information transmitting unit.

In the examination business processing system according to the present invention, preferably, the examination school terminal accepts an examination application from the examinee via a network, and the confidential information terminal communicates the examination student via the network. The report of the application for the examination of the examination school from the above is received.

In the examination business processing system of the present invention, preferably, the examination school is a university, the confidential information is a survey of the examinee, and the institution holding the confidential information is the Is a school that holds a survey.

In the examination business processing system of the present invention, preferably, the examination report of the examinee is held in the same format in all the confidential information terminals.

An authentication terminal according to the present invention is provided in an examination school terminal provided in an examination school of an examinee, and in an institution holding confidential information about the examination student and to be sent to the examination school. Transfer of confidential information about the examinee, which is connected to the confidential information terminal via a network and transmitted from the examination school terminal in association with authentication information uniquely determined for the examinee at the examination school. And transmitting the confidential information about the examinee transmitted from the confidential information terminal in association with the authentication information associated with the received transfer request information to the examination school terminal. And a test information transmission unit.

[0015] The authentication terminal of the present invention preferably comprises:
A transmission / reception information storage unit for storing transmission information and reception information uniquely defined for each confidential information terminal and each examination school terminal, and information transmitted from each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal. A reception processing unit for invalidating the transmitted information if the transmission information uniquely specified for the confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal is not attached; and a confidential information terminal from the authentication terminal. Alternatively, the information transmitted to each examination school terminal further includes a reception information attachment unit for attaching the reception information uniquely defined for each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal.

[0016] The authentication terminal of the present invention preferably comprises:
A judgment unit for judging whether the student data received from the examination school terminal and the student data received from the confidential information terminal are the student data for the same student, and a judgment unit for the same student And an authentication information transmitting unit that transmits the authentication information to the examination school terminal and the confidential information terminal when it is determined that the data is the raw test data.

In the authentication terminal of the present invention, preferably, the examination school is a university, the confidential information is a survey of the examinee, and the institution holding the confidential information is a survey of the examinee. It is a school that holds books.

[0018] In the confidential information terminal connectable to the authentication terminal of the present invention, preferably, the test report of the examinee is held in the same format.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the entrance examination work targeted by the present invention is not limited to this, and the examination school terminal provided in the examination school of the examinee and confidential information about the examination student and should be sent to the examination school described above. Entrance examinations that involve confidential information terminals provided by institutions that hold confidential information, such as high school entrance examinations, entrance examinations for various school entrance examinations, and application for various examinations such as qualification examinations be able to.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an entrance examination business processing system as an example of the examination business processing system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, for example, via a network 100 such as the Internet, an examinee terminal 10 of the examinee, a high school terminal 40 provided at a high school where the high school student who is the examinee is from, The university terminal 50 provided at the university of the candidate of the examinee is mutually connected. The system in FIG. 1 includes an authentication center that mediates information between the high school and the university. The network 100 is further connected to an authentication center terminal 20 that is installed in the authentication center and that transfers information sent from the high school terminal 40 to the university terminal 50.

In this system, the authentication center terminal 20
Is connected to a high school database 60 and a university database 70. The authentication center terminal 20 includes, as described later, each high school terminal 40 and each university terminal 50.
Then, the unique transmission number and reception number are transmitted.
The high school database 60 includes information on each high school terminal 40,
The transmission number and reception number given to them,
They are stored in association with each other. The university database 70 stores each of the university terminals 50 and the transmission number and reception number given thereto in association with each other. The authentication center terminal 20, the high school database 60, and the university database 70 constitute an authentication terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the student terminal 10. As shown in FIG. The student terminal 10 includes a CPU 11 that controls the entire terminal device, a display device 13 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display, and a storage device 14 such as a hard disk.
And input device 1 including keyboard, mouse, scanner, etc.
5, an output device 16 such as a printer, and a network 10
0 and a modem 17 for connecting the terminal 10.
These devices are mutually connected to the CPU 11 via an interface (I / F) 12.

The high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 5
0 and the like have at least the same configuration as that of the student terminal 10.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the contents of the system of the authentication center. Referring to FIG. 3, the authentication center includes an authentication center terminal 20 connected to network 100, a database / application server 22 connected to authentication center terminal 20 via firewall 21, And a host computer 23 connected to the application server 22.

Database / application server 2
Reference numeral 2 records and manages confidential information such as a survey report of an examinee transmitted from the high school terminal 40 and a security system for ensuring the security of the entire system in FIG.

Next, specific processing in this system will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the student application process executed by the student terminal 10. Referring to FIG. 4, in the application process for an examinee, first, the entrance examination information is referred to (step S11; steps are abbreviated below).

Here, in the entrance examination information reference processing, access is made to the university terminal 50 to refer to the essentials of the university, information on faculties and departments, and other information on entrance examinations.

The examinee refers to the application form, inputs application information necessary for the examination (S12), and confirms the application information (S13). Thus, the application for the entrance examination has been made from the student terminal 10 to the university terminal 50.

Here, the examination fee may be paid by a credit card, a prepaid card or a convenience store (hereinafter abbreviated as “convenience store”), such as payment settlement or bank transfer. When making a payment with a credit card, a credit card number is prepared, and necessary data is input to the input device 1 of the examinee terminal 10.
Input using 5. When making a payment using a prepaid card, a prepaid card is purchased in advance at a convenience store or the like, and the number is input using the input device 15 of the test student terminal 10. When depositing money at a convenience store or a bank, the deposit may be output by outputting a transfer sheet from the output device 16, and data indicating the deposit result may be read by a scanner, converted into data, and transmitted.

Then, in S14, an application report process is performed in which information reporting that the application process has been performed to the college terminal 50 is transmitted to the high school terminal 40.
In the application report process, the applicant's
The examination university, examination faculty, and examination subject are transmitted to the high school terminal 40 together with information (name, gender, date of birth, graduation (expected) date) identifying the examinee.

Next, the application information input processing shown in S12 of FIG. 4 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the application information input processing. Referring to FIG. 5, data is first encrypted (S21). Next, it is determined whether the registration of the application data of the examinee is new (S22).
If it is new (YES in S22), personal information is input in a predetermined format (S23).

If it is not a new registration (NO in S22),
Input identification (ID) number and password (S2
4). Next, the application information is input according to a predetermined format (S25), and the individual / application information is transmitted (S2).
6). It should be noted that an error is checked as needed at the time of format input or the like.

Next, the processing in the university terminal 50 will be described. FIG. 6 shows the university terminal 50 and the student terminal 10
It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the examination information reception processing performed when receiving examination information from a.

Referring to FIG. 6, first, the university terminal 50
The system program, the transmission number, and the reception number are received from the authentication center terminal 20, and are stored in the storage device of the university terminal 50 (S30). The system program is a program for the university terminal 50 to execute processing for processing the following examination information. Then, in S30, the system program is installed in the university terminal 50. The transmission number and the reception number are transmission / reception identification information used for transmitting / receiving information to / from the authentication center terminal 20, and are uniquely determined for each university terminal 50.

Then, application data from the student (transmitted via the student terminal 10) is received (S3).
1). Next, a process for transmitting the raw test data is performed (S32). In addition, the application data from the examinee includes information on the high school from which the examinee is born, in addition to the information for identifying the examinee described above.

In the process of transmitting the raw test data in S 32, these pieces of information are transmitted to the authentication center terminal 20. The information transmitted in S32 includes:
The transmission number received in S30 is attached.

In the system of the present embodiment, when the authentication center terminal 20 transmits the student data for the same student (university) of the same student from the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50, the authentication center terminal 20 performs the processing of S63 described later. In the processing, the application authentication number is transmitted to the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50. The application authentication number is a number that is individually determined for an application for an examinee at an examination school.

In S33, the authentication center terminal 2
0 receives an application authentication number and a key used for decryption described below (hereinafter, referred to as a decryption key) transmitted in S63 described below. In this case, the received application authentication number is S
At 30, it is determined whether or not the received reception number is attached. If the reception number is not attached, the received application authentication number is invalidated.

Then, in S34, the authentication center terminal 20
Send information requesting the data of the student's survey. Note that the application authentication number received in S33 and the transmission number received in S30 are attached to this information.

Then, in S35, the authentication center terminal 20
Receive the survey data sent from. even here,
If the received data does not have the reception number attached thereto, the received data is invalidated.

Next, in S36, the received data of the survey is decrypted, and in S37, various forms for the examinee are created using various data including the data of the survey.
The process ends. In the system of the present embodiment,
The data of the examinee's survey is encrypted and stored in the authentication center terminal 20. The decryption in S36 is performed using the decryption key.

Next, the "application data receiving process" shown in S31 of FIG. 6 will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the contents of the application data receiving process shown in S31 of FIG. Referring to FIG. 7, in the application data receiving process, first, the transmitted data is decoded (S
40). This decoding process is performed as follows.

From the students, SSL (Secure Soc)
When there is a connection request of “Ket Layer” (in a state where the application link on the homepage is clicked), the public key signed by the certificate authority CA is passed to the examinee. The examinee confirms the digital signature of the university terminal 50 using the public key of the CA.
This is done automatically by the browser.

Thus, the examinee can obtain the public key of the university terminal 50 (automatically performed by the browser).
The examinee generates “Key A”, encrypts it with the public key of the university terminal 50, and transmits the data to the university terminal 50 (automatically performed by the browser). The college terminal 50 sets it to the college terminal 50
Decrypt with the private key of. As a result, the university terminal 50 can also have “Key A”, and both the student and the entrance examination business processing center can have one key “Key A”. Both parties perform encrypted communication using this key. That is, the encrypted communication can be performed without the examinee preparing specially.

Next, the ID number and the password are authenticated (S41). If the user does not have an ID number and password (No in S41), the examinee receives the examinee's personal information and issues an ID number and password (S43, S43).
44). When the examinee registers personal data, a personal ID and a password are given.

When the ID number and the password can be confirmed (Yes in S41), the requested personal information is transmitted (S42).

If neither the ID number nor the password can be confirmed (Yes in S41, NG), error processing is performed (S49).

When the personal information is transmitted in S42 and when
When the ID number and the password are issued in 44, the application information is received (S45). Next, individual / application information confirmation is performed (S46). It is checked whether there is a logical input error in the undergraduate and subject name of the examinee, subject name, examination date and examination subject, and if there is an error, error processing is performed (S46).
NG, S49).

If there is no mistake in the individual / application information confirmation (S
At 46, the application fee is confirmed (S47). Specifically, a credit card process or a prepaid card payment confirmation process is performed, and if confirmation is not possible, an error process is performed (NG in S47, S49). When the application fee confirmation is completed (OK in S47), application data is accumulated (S48). In accumulating test data, the obtained test raw data is registered in a predetermined database.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents of the survey process, which is a process executed by the high school terminal 40 to transmit the survey data of the examinee to the authentication center terminal 20.

Referring to FIG. 8, first, the high school terminal 40
Is a system program from the authentication center terminal 20,
The transmission number and the reception number are received and stored in the storage device of the high school terminal 40 (S5).
0). The high school terminal 40 is a system program.
It is a program for executing the following survey processing.
Then, in S50, the system program is installed in the high school terminal 40. The transmission number and the reception number are transmission / reception identification information used for transmitting / receiving information to / from the authentication center terminal 20, and are uniquely determined for each high school terminal 40.

Next, the high school terminal 40 is
From 0, information that reports that the application processing has been performed to the university terminal 50 is received (S51).

Next, in S52, the student data for the examinee in S51 is transmitted to the authentication center terminal 20. The student data transmitted at this time is in addition to the “information specifying the student” described in the processing of S14,
It includes information for specifying the high school where the high school terminal 40 is installed. At this time, the transmitted data includes S50
The transmission number received in is attached.

Next, in S53, the authentication center terminal 20 receives the application authentication number and a key used for encryption described below (hereinafter referred to as an encryption key) transmitted in S63 described later. In this case, the received application authentication number is
It is determined whether or not the reception number received in is received. If the reception number is not attached, the received application authentication number is invalidated.

Next, in step S54, survey document data of the examinee is prepared. Here, the form of the survey form data is standardized to the one defined by the system program received in S50. That is, in the system of the present embodiment, the format of the survey data issued by a plurality of high schools can be standardized.

Then, the survey data of the examinee is
At 55, it is encrypted, and at S56, it is transmitted to the authentication center terminal 20. This encryption in the high school terminal 40 is performed using the above-mentioned encryption key. Further, the high school terminal 40 transmits the above-mentioned application authentication number with the above-mentioned transmission number attached thereto.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the contents of the survey report data transfer process executed in the authentication center terminal 20.

First, the authentication center terminal 20 executes S60
Then, the system program described above and the respective transmission numbers and reception numbers stored in the high school database 60 and the university database 70 are transmitted to the respective high school terminals 40 and the university terminals 50.

Next, in S61, the raw student data is transmitted from the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50 (S52, S32). Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience, the student data transmitted from the high school terminal 40 is referred to as “test data A”, and the student data transmitted from the university terminal 50 is referred to as “test data B”.

In S61, it is determined whether or not each data is attached with the transmission number transmitted in S60. Then, reception is invalidated for data to which no transmission number is attached. For data to which the transmission number is attached, the transmission source is identified by referring to the high school database 60 or the university database 70 for the transmission number.

Next, in S62, the "examination raw data A" and the "examination raw data B" received in S61 are collated. When these data match, in S63, the application authentication number unique to the examinee and the examination school corresponding to the data is entered into the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50.
And send the corresponding receiving number,
The process proceeds to S64. On the other hand, if the data does not match, an error process is executed in S68, and the process ends. When the application authentication number is transmitted in S63, at the same time, the above-mentioned encryption key is transmitted to the high school terminal 40 and the above-mentioned decryption key is transmitted to the university terminal 50, respectively. The decryption key and the encryption key corresponding to one application authentication number form a pair. That is, the high school terminal 40 to which the same application authentication number has been transmitted
Then, only the university terminal 50 transmits one of the pair of decryption key and one of the encryption key.

On the other hand, in S64, the encrypted survey form data transmitted from the high school terminal 40 in S56 is received. It should be noted that the application authentication number and the transmission number are originally attached to the survey form data, and it is determined whether or not the transmission number is attached even when the data is received in S64. Then, when the transmission number is attached, the survey report data is received. When the transmission number is not attached, the receipt of the survey data is invalidated.

Next, at S65, the university terminal 50 sends S34.
To receive the survey report request information sent by. Here, it is determined whether or not a transmission number is attached to the received survey report request information. When the transmission number is attached, the survey request information is received. When the transmission number is not attached, the reception of the survey request information is invalidated.

Next, in S66, it is determined whether or not there is, in the survey data received in S64, the survey data matching the application authentication number included in the survey request information received in S65. If there is, the survey data is transmitted to the university terminal 50 in S67. On the other hand, if there is no such survey data, or if the survey request information does not include the application authentication number, an error process is executed in S68 and the process ends.

The transmission and reception of data between the components in the system according to the present embodiment will be described below. FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are diagrams schematically showing information transmitted and received between terminals according to the present embodiment.

In this embodiment, first, from the authentication center terminal 20 to the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50,
The transmission number and the reception number are transmitted (S60). Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10, when information (data) is transmitted and received between the authentication center terminal 20 and the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50, the authentication center terminal 20 transmits the information to the high school terminal. The information transmitted to the authentication center terminal 20 is attached to the information transmitted from the high school terminal 40 or the university terminal 50 to the authentication center terminal 20. Is attached.

When receiving the information, the authentication center terminal 20, the high school terminal 40, and the university terminal 50 check the transmission number or the reception number attached to the information and check the transmission number or the reception number. If the user number is not attached, the reception of the information is invalidated.

Thus, in the present embodiment, the authentication center terminal 20, the high school terminal 40, and the university terminal 5
In transmitting and receiving information at 0, information is exchanged only between an appropriate transmission source and a transmission destination, and reception of information from a transmission source determined to be inappropriate is automatically invalidated.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the source of the information can be convinced that the information to be transmitted is reliably transmitted to the appropriate destination. In addition, since the destination of the information (that is, the recipient of the information) can receive the information after confirming the transmitted information, the source of the received information can be reliably specified.

The system according to the present embodiment is a system capable of reliably specifying the transmission source as described above. Further, as described above, the survey data is set for each examinee at one university at one examination. The attached application certification number is attached.
That is, in the system according to the present embodiment, the survey report data has a transmission source reliably specified and a unique number called an application authentication number. Therefore, in the system of the present embodiment, the survey data transmitted to the university terminal 50 via the authentication center terminal 20 that receives the information while reliably identifying the transmission source is equivalent to the principal's seal in the current survey. Can be regarded as survey data whose source is guaranteed at the level of.

In the present embodiment, first, from the authentication center terminal 20, the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 5
0, the system program is transmitted (S60). Then, the received system program is installed in the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50 (S5).
0, S30).

According to this system program, the data of the survey form is created in each high school terminal 40 in accordance with a unified format.
0 is managed. That is, in this embodiment, the data of the survey can be handled in a uniform format. Therefore, the data of the electronic survey form can be handled more easily.

Also, with reference to FIGS. 3 to 11, in the present embodiment, a process of applying for a college entrance examination is performed from the examinee terminal 10 to the college terminal 50 (S26, FIG. 5).
(In FIG. 11). Next, an application report is made from the examinee terminal 10 to the high school terminal 40 (S14 in FIG. 4, FIG. 1).
1). Next, the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50
Then, the test-taker data is transmitted to the authentication center terminal 20 (S52 in FIG. 8, FIG. 11, S32 in FIG. 6, and FIG. 11). Next, the authentication center terminal 20 transmits the application authentication number to the high school terminal 40 and the university terminal 50 (S63 in FIG. 9, in FIG. 11).

Next, a request is made from the university terminal 50 to transmit the examination report data of the examinee to the authentication center terminal 20 (S34 in FIG. 6, in FIG. 11). On the other hand, the survey data of the examinee is transmitted from the high school terminal 40 to the authentication center terminal 20 (S56 in FIG. 8, in FIG. 11). The authentication center terminal 20 is connected to the university terminal 50.
If the application authentication number transmitted when requesting the survey form from the applicant matches the application authentication number attached to the survey form data transmitted from the high school terminal 40 (YE at S66 in FIG. 9)
S), transmitting the survey data to the university terminal 50 (FIG. 9)
S67 in FIG. 11).

In the present embodiment described above, the high school terminal 40 receives the application authentication number, so that the high school terminal 40 uses the application authentication number to request the university for requesting the survey data, It can be determined that the university has reported the application.

Further, in this embodiment, since the survey report data is transmitted from the authentication center terminal 20 which can specify the transmission source, the university terminal 50 applies the survey report data to the university terminal 50. It can be determined that the data is the survey data transmitted by the high school from which the examinee who performed the processing was sent.

That is, in the system of the present embodiment, the authentication center terminal 20 specifies the source high school terminal 40 with the attached transmission number and receives the survey data,
In addition, by transmitting the survey data to the university terminal 50 that has transmitted the common application authentication number with the specified high school terminal 40, the university terminal 50 can transmit the survey data even via the network 100. The source can be specified, and the high school terminal 40 can specify the transmission destination of the survey data.

Further, in the present embodiment, the survey form data is transmitted from the high school terminal 40 to the university terminal 50 while being encrypted. That is, the survey form data is managed in the authentication center terminal 20 in an encrypted state. Thereby, the privacy of the examinee can be more reliably protected.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which a personal computer is used as the student terminal 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to obtain desired information from a facsimile, a mobile phone, a mobile information terminal, or the like. It may be. This makes it possible to quickly obtain desired information regardless of time and place.

In the above embodiment, the examinee uses the examinee terminal 10 to process the application to the college terminal 50 and the application report to the high school terminal 40 via the network 100. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The test taker may go directly to college or high school to perform each of the above-described processes.

In the above embodiment, the authentication center terminal 2 is connected to the university terminal 50 and the high school terminal 40.
0 corresponds to the university terminal 50 and the high school terminal 40,
Although the application authentication number is issued and transmitted, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a predetermined application authentication number may be specified for each examinee, and the examinee may directly notify the authentication center terminal 20, the university terminal 50, and the high school terminal 40 of the application authentication number. Even in such a case, the authentication center terminal 20 sends the survey form data to the university terminal 50 only when the application certification number attached to the survey form data matches the application certification number attached to the survey form request information. Can be sent.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the application is mainly for university students has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
This system may be applied to other qualification tests.

In the above embodiment, the case where the Internet is used as a network has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a general public line or a closed dedicated line may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, as an example of each of the authentication information, the transmission information, and the reception information,
Although the application authentication number, the transmission number, and the reception number are described above, the information is not limited to numbers, and any information may be used as long as it can identify an examinee or an examination school, such as an arrangement of symbols.

Further, in the system of the above embodiment, the transmission of the system program, the transmission number, and the reception number from the authentication center terminal 20 is performed by the authentication center terminal 20 and each high school terminal 40 or university terminal 50. May be executed only when the connection is started. Further, the transmitted system program, transmission number, and reception number are stored in the authentication center terminal 20 at regular intervals such as one year.
May be updated.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an entrance examination business processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of an examinee terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall configuration of the authentication terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of an application process in the student terminal shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the contents of an application information input process of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing contents of examination information reception processing in the university terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the contents of an application data receiving process of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the contents of a survey form process in the high school terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the contents of a transfer process in the authentication terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing transmission and reception of data between the elements of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically showing transmission and reception of data between the elements of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

10 student terminals, 20 authentication center terminals, 40 high school terminals, 50 university terminals, 21 firewalls, 22 database / application servers, 2
3 hosts, 100 networks.

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (Reference) H04L 9/08 H04L 9/00 601B 9/32 675D (72) Inventor Naomi Tomamoto 2-3-3 Kitahama, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi No. 9 Inside Osaka Electronic Computing Co., Ltd. (72) Rie Fukui 2-9-3 Kitahama, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi F term in Osaka Electronic Computing Co., Ltd. 5B082 GA11 HA08 5J104 AA08 AA16 EA04 EA16 LA03 MA01 NA02 PA07

Claims (11)

[Claims] An examination school terminal provided in an examination school of an examinee; a confidential information terminal provided in an institution holding confidential information about the examination student and to be sent to the examination school; An examination school terminal and an authentication terminal connected to the confidential information terminal via a network, wherein the confidential information terminal transmits confidential information about the examinee to the authentication terminal at the examination school of the examinee. And transmitting the information in association with authentication information that is uniquely determined for the examination school terminal, wherein the examination school terminal requests the authentication terminal to transfer the confidential information about the examinee transmitted by the information transmission unit. A request transmission unit that transmits request information in association with the authentication information, wherein the authentication terminal transmits the request information from the confidential information terminal when receiving the transfer request information. An examination information transmitting unit for transmitting, to the examination school terminal, information associated with the authentication information associated with the received transfer request information, of the confidential information about the examination student obtained, Business processing system. 2. The authentication terminal comprises: a first transmission / reception information storage unit for storing transmission information and reception information uniquely defined for each confidential information terminal and each examination school terminal; Or, when the information transmitted from each examination school terminal is attached with the transmission information uniquely defined for each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal, the transmitted information is received and If it is not attached, the first reception processing unit invalidating the transmitted information, and the information transmitted to each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal, the respective confidential information terminal or each examination A receiving information attachment unit that attaches the receiving information uniquely determined to the school terminal, wherein the confidential information terminal is configured to transmit information and receive information uniquely determined to the confidential information terminal. Record information A second transmission / reception information storage unit that receives the transmitted information when the information transmitted from the authentication terminal is attached with the reception information uniquely defined for the confidential information terminal; And a second reception processing unit that invalidates the transmitted information when it is not attached, wherein the information transmission unit uniquely determines a confidential information terminal including the information transmission unit. Attached to the authentication terminal, and transmits the information to the authentication terminal. The examination school terminal stores transmission information and reception information uniquely determined for the examination school terminal. A third transmission / reception information storage unit, which receives the transmitted information when the information transmitted from the authentication terminal is attached with the reception information uniquely defined for the examination school terminal; And not attached And a third reception processing unit that invalidates the transmitted information in the case where the request transmission unit is the transmission information uniquely determined for an examination school terminal including the request transmission unit. With
The examination business processing system according to claim 1, wherein information is transmitted to the authentication terminal. 3. The examination school terminal includes a first examination data transmission unit that transmits examination data as personal information of the examination student to the authentication terminal in response to an application for examination from the examination student, The confidential information terminal includes a second test raw data transmission unit that transmits the raw test data to the authentication terminal in response to a report of an application for a test of the test school from the test student, and wherein the authentication terminal includes: A determination unit that determines whether the test raw data received from one test raw data transmission unit and the test raw data received from the second test raw data transmission unit are test raw data for the same test student; and An authentication information transmitting unit configured to transmit the authentication information to the examination school terminal and the confidential information terminal when it is determined that the data is for the same student. Examination work processing system according to claim 1 or claim 2. 4. The examination school terminal accepts an examination application from the examinee via a network, and the confidential information terminal sends a report of the examination school application from the examinee via the network. Accept,
An examination business processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The examination school is a university, the confidential information is a survey of the examinee, and the institution holding the confidential information is a school holding a survey of the examinee. Any one of claims 1 to 4
Examination business processing system described in section. 6. The examination report of the examinee is stored in the same format in all the confidential information terminals.
The examination business processing system according to claim 5. 7. An examination school terminal provided in an examination school of an examinee, and a confidential information terminal provided in an institution holding confidential information about the examination student and to be sent to the examination school, Connected via a network, and receives, from the examination school terminal, information requesting transfer of confidential information about the examination student, which is transmitted in association with authentication information uniquely defined for the examination student at the examination school. An exam information transmitting unit for transmitting, to the exam school terminal, confidential information about the exam student transmitted from the confidential information terminal in association with the authentication information associated with the received transfer request information. Authentication terminal, including. 8. A transmission / reception information storage unit for storing transmission information and reception information uniquely defined for each confidential information terminal and each examination school terminal, and transmitted and received from each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal. If the transmitted information is attached to the confidential information terminal or the examination information terminal that is uniquely specified for each examination school terminal, and the transmitted information is received and not attached The reception processing unit, which invalidates the transmitted information, and the information transmitted from the authentication terminal to each confidential information terminal or each examination school terminal, and the respective confidential information terminals or each examination school terminal The authentication terminal according to claim 7, further comprising: a reception information attachment unit that attaches the reception information uniquely defined to the reception terminal. 9. A judging unit for judging whether or not the student data for examination received from the terminal for examination and the student data for examination received from the confidential information terminal are the student data for the same student, and the judgment unit. 9. An authentication information transmitting unit that transmits the authentication information to the examination school terminal and the confidential information terminal when it is determined that the data is the student data for the same student. Authentication terminal described in. 10. The examination school is a university, the confidential information is a survey of the examinee, and the institution holding the confidential information is a school that retains a survey of the examinee. Any one of claims 7 to 9
Authentication terminal according to the paragraph. 11. The authentication terminal according to claim 10, wherein the examination report of the examinee is held in the same format in all the confidential information terminals.